Thread: Doing bad things - an outlet or a sin?

I still believe that the will is the focal point -not the action itself. The action is simply a manifestation of the will. I believe this based on principles taught in scripture that are often confirmed in my dreams...
I'm not saying we should dwell on guilt, but rather use it as a tool -to learn and to strive for an understanding that our minds are weighed down and hindered by an innate tendency for murder, maiming, cheating, lying, stealing, and basically wallowing in (excusing) our ignorance and self-centeredness. And by saying this, I do not mean to imply I am more enlightened, nor that we can reach enlightenment by anything of our own doing. I am only trying to point out our need for counsel and wisdom from God.

I am not married nor do I have a girlfriend. Yes I believe fornication (sex outside marriage) is wrong. This is tangential... I am all for self-preservation. I think it is something that God has placed in us (the instinct for survival). Thus, I don't think killing someone else to defend yourself is wrong. But my experience in killing others or seeking to kill others in lucid dreams leads to a continual downward spiral or digression of killing. I can remember one dream wher eI was on a battlefield and felt like I was being attacked from all sides. I ended up killing all of my attackers, yet twice as many would follow. In desperation, I prayed, oblivious to the wounds my attackers inflicted on me as I knelt, vulnernerable. Immediately I was protected, and the dream changed... My point is I wondered why hadn't I thought of praying or even simply changing the dream earlier instead of wasting my time with all the negativity and hostility.

Originally posted by evangel
I still believe that the will is the focal point -not the action itself.

Exactly. It is what is in your heart that makes a sin, or makes guilt.